Combined faucet and measure



Na. 752,459; I PATENTED FEB. 16, 1904.

- E. K. MATTHEWS. COMBINED- FAUGET AND MEASURE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 19 1903.

N0 MODEL.

v I I, f '1) H i i UNI ED STATES EDGAR KIMBALL MATTHEWS, oF-H MPTO'N, TEXAS.

Patented February 16, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE. I

COMBINED FAUCET AND MEASURE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 752,459, dated February 16, 1904.

' Application filed January 1-9, 1903.

To all when tit may concern:

Be it known that I, EDGAR KIMBALL MAT- THEWS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hampton, in the county of Tyler and State of Texas, have invented a new and useful Combined Faucet and Measure, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is an improvement in measuring-faucets, relating to that general class of faucets in which the liquid is measured as it is drawn off; and the object of my improvement is to construct a faucet of this description which shall have but few parts and which can be easily cleaned or repaired.

I In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved faucet attached to a barrel. Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the faucet with measuring apparatus, but detached from the barrel. Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4; is asection on the line 4 4, Fig. 2.

In the drawings, A is a wooden faucet re-' duced and'exteriorly threaded at its rear end A and having a solid front portion. A bore A extending from the rear end to a point adjacent the front end, is intersected at its forward end by a downwardly-extending bore A Intermediate its ends the bore A is intersected by a transverse wedge-shaped slot A formed in the upper walls of the bore, and under and alining with the slot is a socket A having a curved bottom and downwardly-converging sides and ends. A wedge-shaped valve B fits in the socket and extends upwardly through the slot and has formed on its top exterior of the faucet a pair of perforated ears B, between which is pivoted the slotted end of a lever B which is fulcrumed midway its ends between ears B carried by a. standard B, and a handle B extends forward of said standard. A spring 13 is secured at its lower end to a lug on the faucet and at its upper end is secured to the under side of the handle, yieldingly resisting depressionof the handle and consequent lifting of the wedge-shaped valve B. An annular shoulder A is exteriorly formed on the faucet in advance of the spring.

The measuring vessel C is a jug-shaped cylindrical vessel having a contracted neck C at the top, a forwardly and downwardly inclined Serial in. 139,597. (No model.)

bottom C and an upwardly and downwardly open discharge-spout C An outwardly-extending flange C surrounds the upper portion of the contracted neck, and to this flange is secured by soldering, welding, or in any desired way a horizontally-arranged sleeve D, adapted to fit over the solid end of the faucet and bear against a packing-ring D, lying against the shoulder A, bringing the contracted neck C in alinement with the bore A the sleeve being cut away at the neck. The faucet has an outwardly-extending threaded portion A which extends in advance of the sleeve. A washer D of any suitable packing material, is placed over the portion A resting against the frontv end of the sleeve. A metal washer D is placed over this and the whole secured in place by a suitable nut D.

The frontof the measuring apparatus C is cut out at (Rand a glass is placed in the cut-out portion and held in position by an interior flange C the rim of which incloses the edges of the glass.

In the discharge-spout a'transverse slot is formed in one side, and on the opposite side is a socket G a valve E sliding through said slot and fitting into the socket. This valve has the handle E pivoted to the lug E and a detail description of same is unnecessary, as the valve is in construction the counterpart of the valve B.

Annular indentations F are formed around the apparatus C and serve to indicate the amount of liquid in the vessel.

In use the handle B is depressed by the thumb, and the liquid will fill the measuring vessel to thedesired height, when the handle is released and the valve B closes. ,The handle E is then depressed, opening the valve E. By taking off the nut and washers the measuring apparatus can be readily cleaned by pouring water in through the sleeve, rinsing round, and then draining off through the discharge-spout.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-' A device of the kind described comprising a faucet having a longitudinal bore opening IOO open bore said faucet having a solid, reduced, exteriorly-threaded front portion an exterior shoulder formed on said faucet, a valve adapted to close the longitudinal bore, a springactuated arm carried by the faucet for actuating said valve, a measuring vessel having a horizontal sleeve adapted to fit over the fancet, a packing-ring between the rear end of the sleeve and the shoulder, packing-rings bearing against the forward end of the sleeve, a 10 nut secured on the reduced portion of the fau- I cot and adapted to hold the rings and sleeve in place, a discharge-spout having a valve, and a sight-glass secured to'the measuring vessel.

- EDGAR IKIMBALL MATTHEWS. Witnesses:

THOMAS J. PULLEN, WILLIAM 0. Conan. 

